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Divine Might  

Realm:Outlands
Start Area: La'Loff Amphitheater
Type:General
Related Areas:Ro'Maeve
The Shrine of Ru'Avitau
Related Mobs:Ark Angel EV
Ark Angel GK
Ark Angel HM
Ark Angel MR
Ark Angel TT
Min Level:65
Max Level:75
Rating
*****
(Average from 14 ratings)
Items Required:Illuminink
Parchment
Items Granted:Abyssal Earring
Beastly Earring
Bushinomimi
Knight's Earring
Suppanomimi
This Quest requires Zilart
Last Updated: Thu Jul 19 09:40:01 2007

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Summary

Use the Ark Pentasphere at the La'Loff Amphitheater to confront and defeat all five Crystal Warriors simultaneously.

Walkthrough

You may either fight each Ark Angel individually or fight them all at once (which is this mission) to complete ZM14.

Talk to NPC Yve'noile in The Shrine of Ru'Avitau. Follow these steps to get into the BC for Divine Might.

1. See an event by examining an unmarked target in the main entrance of The Shrine of Ru'Avitau.

2. Obtain an Ark Pentasphere by trading Illuminink (drop from Cursed Puppet) and Parchment to the fountain in Ro'Maeve (note: Full Moon, 0:00-3:00, and clear weather)

3. Go to La'Loff Amphitheater (any entrance) and use ;Ark Pentasphere to confront and defeat all 5 Ark Angels (AA) simultaneously. 18 people are allowed into this fight.

4. After defeating the AAs, return to the unmarked target to receive your earring.

Warning: You can only collect ONE earring.

~~~~~~~~~~Strategy~~~~~~~~~~

AAs and their specials

1. Ark Angel TT (DRK/BLM)
Amon-Drive - area damage + Paralyze + Petrify
Manafont
Bloodweapon

Note: attacks in this order Magic -> WS -> teleport

2. Ark Angel MR (BST/THF)
Havoc-Spiral : area damage + Gravity + Sleep
Perfect Dodge
Charm
Resist-Gravity

Note: Does Perfect Dodge at low HP; can be gravitied, high evasion.

3. Ark Angel GK (SAM/DRG)

Jump : ranged damage + Bind + Blind
Call Wyvern
Meikyo Shisui

Note: Wyvern sleepable, 2hr blinkable.

4. Ark Angel EV (PLD/WHM)

Dominion-Slash : area damage + Silence
Shield Strike : Stun + hate reset
Resist sleep
Invincible
Benediction

Note: Uses Spirits Within. Can be bound/gravitied, do not fight directly.

5. Ark Angel HM (WAR/NIN)

Cross-Reaver : area damage + Stun
Double attack
Resist Bind
Mighty Strikes
Mijin Gakure

Note: At 50% HP or less, tends to use Mijin Gakure.

Order
1. PLD goes to center and gets aggro from all AAs, then taunts TT, everyone kill him.
(a) THF taunts MR runs to Shimmering Circle, RDM sleeps her pet, accompanies THF and they kite.
(b) 2 Blink tanks taunt GK and run to staircase, WHM + BRD accompany them. Fight it there. BRD sleeps GK's Wyvern. Mages stay on top of the staircase inside the corridor.
(c) PLD taunts HM and runs clockwise around the center, RDM accompanies.
(d) NIN taunts EV and runs counterclockwise around center, RDM accompanies.

2. Group runs to shimmering and teams up with THF to kill MR (ignore pet). Person who becomes charmed to be slept immediately.

3. Group runs to staircase and teams up with the blinkers and kills GK (ignore pet).

4. Kill MR's pet, then GK's Wyvern.

5. NIN brings EV near staircase, mages bind/gravity her, BLMs and RNGs use 2hr and kill her with magic and ranged attack.

6. Cast Bar-fire/Fire Carol. Fight HM in the center, but when he is at 50% or lower HP all melee disengage him and run to staircase. All non-runners remain on foot of staircase. PLD continue to kite him in the middle of the ring such that the ones standing on the stairs can cast magic/shoot arrows. PLDs use Invincible when he uses Mighty Strikes. In the event that Mijin Gakure is used, only the runner should be killed. In such an event, one of the remaining runners (preferably PLD) must take over the kiting. In the event more than just a runner is killed, order of priority in raising should be runner, RDM, RNG, BLM, others.

Notes: It's recommended the MR Runner drink a poison potion. You can charge up TP on M14 Ark Angel TT and escape, since it carries over into Divine Might.


To read the transcripts for this quest, see the Divine Might Spoilers page.

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Random Party FTW
# Dec 15 2006 at 1:27 PM Rating: Good
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What started off as a few friends shouting in Whitegate for a pickup party for Divine Might ended with success on the 2nd try! We followed the standard kill order, keeping the pets slept. They despawned after the corresponding AA was defeated. Killing them based on our experience is a waste of time.

Party Build
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2 PLD/WAR
2 NIN/WAR
5 BLM/WHM
1 WHM/BLM
3 RDM/BLM
1 SMN/WHM
1 COR/?
1 MNK/WAR
1 WAR/NIN
1 SAM/WAR

The first time we wiped after killing only one AA. We reraised and gave it a second go round, wiping after taking out 2 more AAs. Then our time expired and we were kicked out.

For the 2nd attempt we went back in more determined than ever. This time we were able to take out 2 AAs before wiping. We once again reraised and proceeded to beat down the last 3 AAs FTW!

Suppanomimi O :)


Edited, Dec 15th 2006 5:00pm by FFXISoldur
Need Devine Might (Fairy Server)
# Dec 12 2006 at 7:57 AM Rating: Decent
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I am very interested in doing Devine Might. I'm a 75RDM and also have a friend who's a 75WHM that needs it too. I'm on the Fairy server and on most evenings and all day on the weekends. /tell Deedi
0 BLM and a Win!
# Dec 08 2006 at 7:19 AM Rating: Decent
My LS did this last night.

We had previously attempted, but we allowed some outside members that proved less than stellar in and wiped pretty quick due to a lack of some people being able to listen. (^^)b

We had 0 BLM's, and this was our winning strategy.

3x PLD/WAR
2x NIN/WAR

2x WHM/(one SMN, one BLM)
3x RDM/BLM

2x MNK/(one NIN, one WAR)
3x WAR/NIN
1x DRK/WAR
1x RNG/NIN
1x SAM/RNG

We tried the kiting in the Arena strategy everyone posts, and I highly reccomend not doing that, too many AoE's make it a pain, including Paralyze & Gravity, which will really hurt the kiters.

Before entering, all DD's and PLD's that had Chivalry slept TP with Opo-Opo Necklace, buffed up like normal, and entered.

Everyone gathered on the left side of the stairs, leaving the right open for people to get through.

1 NIN grabbed Hume and pulled him all the way back to the entrance, where he and a WHM duoed.

1 PLD (me) grabbed Elvaan and kited him up and down the hallway, assisted by a RDM (Gravity, Bind, Curing me, Regen, Refresh, Phalanx2)

1 NIN grabbed GK, pulled him midway up the stairs, RDM slept the Wyvern and they began duoing.

1 PLD grabbed MR and straight tanked him at the bottom of the stairs, assisted by a RDM who slept the pet.

Every DD ran in and engaged TT, used their TP they had slept and melted him in no time.

Our other PLD did a great job Voking the Pets, curing, and was ready to take over kiting/tanking anything if one of the tanks died, which proved invaluable.

After TT was dead, melees ran up and engaged MR and killed, then turned to GK. The PLD that had been tanking MR rested to full and got ready to take over any tanking/kiting.

By this time, the Hume had killed the NIN and WHM (although they got him to under 50%) so a PLD ran up and pulled him back to kite around the arena, but the Hume stopped on the stairs and Mijun Gakured, wiping all but me and the RDM in hall, 1 RDM and 3 DDs.

We were planning on wiping now, but GK was almost dead, so the DD's unloaded and killed him as the RDM and I went down, EV spams a Shield Bash that Stuns for several seconds, making him a pain to kite.

At this point EV made his way back to the Arena, we all RRed, mellee Slept TP again, we used Curaga to get everyone to full health. After resting MP, I ran up and tanked EV, everyone unloaded to get him to Bene. After he Bene'd, mellee used Icarus Wing, I 2hred and lit off every JA I had left and the DD's melted him, RDM's nuked, and he went down really fast.

After this, we all got our Earrings, and one of the guys who didn't want to come because "you can't do DM without BLM's" had to eat his words. (^^)b
2/2!!!
# Dec 03 2006 at 7:03 PM Rating: Default
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My HNMLS went 2/2 on DM tonight with only 2 BLMs! Kill order was TT -> MT -> MT pet -> GK -> GK pet -> HM -> EV. First run we wiped after the TT, MT, and MT pet. Second time we didn't even wipe and won in 15 minutes 40 seconds. Jobs for first run are listed below. Second run some were changed for others who needed DM but jobs were pretty much the same.

Mages:
WHM/SMN
WHM/BLM
RDM/BLM
RDM/WHM
BRD/WHM
BRD/WHM
BLM/WHM
BLM/WHM

Tanks/Kiters:
PLD/WAR
NIN/WAR
NIN/WAR
NIN/WAR

DDs:
WAR/NIN
WAR/NIN
SAM/THF
SAM/WAR
DRG/SAM
RNG/WAR
DM
# Nov 18 2006 at 5:23 AM Rating: Good
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Can I throw away my earring and get another by re-doing this quest?
Chalk one down for titan
# Oct 13 2006 at 11:24 AM Rating: Default
Endless Waltz LS: No we'r not a big HNMLS or anything mostly a socail.
Number of people:17 because one got left out, only 2 blm's.
Date: 10-12-06
Time taken: 26 mins
Record: about 11-12 mins

I put it all together and planed it.
Mostly everything went around useing this web site http://z7.invisionfree.com/Endless_Waltz/index.php?showtopic=207&st=0&#last and Making sure to check it.

Characters:

Iceauron: gimp NIN, is a failure at life… after entering Divine Might BC with us on our 10-06-06 run went afk and didn’t kite HM so… HM went around killing people and is the main reason we failed on our first try.

Danieru: Wasn’t in any of the runs but, gave me the basic plan I needed and advice.
Me, Iel (aka E) : I planed the gathering and lead everyone, I kited EV.
Asadachi: WHM cured DD’s was with me on last run on 10-06-2006.
Owntitan: BLM DD was with me on my last run we had on 10-06-2006 and failed.
Darkhunter NIN kited different AA’s, Was also in the 10-06-2006 run
Aleyne: BLM DD was also with me on the 10-06-2006 run.
Shayra: NIN kited different AA Was the only Member that helped me get an extra Ark Pen.
EpicTaru: RDM was a my kite supporter, went afk right before we all went in and got left out.
Lordterrys: PLD was to help kite EV when she reset hate on me.
“Xana”: he didn’t put his full name on the site so I forgot his full name.
He was a RDM helped a nin kite an AA
Arinn: Ninja Went from helping kite an AA and kiteing pets that woke up.
Caige RNG, DDalso had an extra Ark pen. Which we did need
Caleberiel MNK DD reraised a lot at the end and didn’t bother waiting for weaken to wear.
Gravy RDM helped a nin kite an AA after MR died, started to help me.
Cheeko: SMN/WHM first 2 hour’s TT then went around randomly healing and helping.
Deiren: RDM helped our RDM/NIN kite an AA.
Littleeyes: DRG DD
Athro: RDM/NIN kited AA GK.

Sorry if I spelled anyones name wrong.

The Strat...
5 DD's only two of them were BLM's.
1 WHM to get Petrified off everyone and heal DD's
4 ninjas kiters
1 rdm/nin kiter
4 rdm's to help the kiters
2 PLD tanks one was main tank other was just a back up.
1 SMN/whm going around randomly cureing and helping anywhere needed.

Basicaly have a kiter for all the AA's execpt TT have a tank for TT and have at least 1-2 back up tanks. MR at hall way GK was kept on stairs HM counter clockwise in circle EV was clock wise in the circle.

Quote:
This quest isn't about asking for a R3 guys...Eat the R1...
a saying started being used alot in our runs "Your EXP < WINNING"

Its not about saving gil... Gawd how many people didn't want to join becaue I made them buy certian items....

Its about being ready to delvl.
Being ready to be poor because of all the meds you had to buy.

Its not about Doing what you do best, its about doing whats best for the team.
-E

Get that though your thick Skull and 17 other peoples and you'll win DM.
It might take a few trys but you'll win.

If anyone wants help with this quest I sure don't mind trying to help as much as I can, but I won't do it for you.

"once you take the first step the rest will natrually follow"





Edited, Oct 13th 2006 at 12:56pm PDT by IIEII
Chalk one down for titan
# Oct 15 2006 at 2:44 PM Rating: Decent
I'd go as far as to say the 150 MP it costs the R1 someone isn't even worth it. Everyone NEEDS RR items.
Crappy Luck
# Oct 09 2006 at 12:02 AM Rating: Decent
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So I see a divine might shout in aht urgan and join up. blah blah blah we get the AAs down to EV...and KILL HER. But nobody get their earring >.> Chat log looked something like this:

RDM defeats EV.
Someone casts something on someone else.
You took too much time...You are being booted.

I saw EV die at 0% (it was in the chat log too!) and 1 second later we were booted for taking too much time. Needless to say the chat log looked like this after EV's death:

: F'N A!
: WOOOOOOOTTT!!!!
: Wait a sec...>.>
: WEEEEEE!!!
: um...wtf?!
: {Congratulations}
: we lost :O

Yup...we killed all the AA in exactly 30:00.00 minutes...but that's not good enough folks ; ;

We tried 3 more times and wiped every time.

Oh well :p it was kinda fun even tho we went 0.5/4...

If anyone on fairy is doing this and needs a 68 ninja or 75 whm let me know...I'll be there with bells on (need that suppa ><)
Crappy Luck
# Oct 08 2006 at 11:59 PM Rating: Decent
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double post...sry

Edited, Oct 9th 2006 at 1:13am PDT by kabulo
Normal Party Strategy
# Oct 06 2006 at 3:09 PM Rating: Decent
I know everyone posts how they Manaburned this or Monkburned it but who really cares? You want to know how you can do it with your LS.

I along with Krono on Kujata came up with this strategy and it worked very well for our LS and we got everyone that was a serious enough member their earring.

I'll lay out the best way of doing it and you can make adjustments along the way as you have members to fill the spots.

Jobs:
2 - NIN
2 - PLD
2 - WHM
5 - BLM
2 - BRD
1 - RDM
1 - THF
3 - (random DDs)

Party set-up:
Party #1:
5 - BLM
1- BRD

Party #2:
2 - NIN
1 - BRD
1 - WHM
2 - (random DDs) or the THF

Party #3:
2 - PLD
1 - RDM
1 - WHM
2 - (random DDs) or the THF

I know what you're thinking. All your melee need the earring right. Well the sad truth is your tanks and mages are going to have to do this a couple of times to get it for all of them.

I'm not going to include things like buff up at entrance, everyone should have RR, bring items, etc. because if you even stand a chance at winning this BC in the first place that kind of stuff is a given to you.

The strategy (as an overall):

1) The BLMs all head down the stairs and wait for everyone else to get ready. NO ONE is to be in front of the BLMs! While they are doing this all of the remaining melee need to bump up against one side of the stairs or the other as to not block a path from the top to the bottom.

2) The BLMs pick a time on the game clock and begin to nuke the Taru at the same time (don't use -aga nukes). As soon as their nukes land the fun begins. Now one PLD will voke the Hume and kite him clockwise in the circle part of the lower arena. The other PLD will voke the Elvaan and kite her counter clockwise in the same arena. The THF will go and grab the Mithra and take her to the middle of the stairs. One or both of the NINs will voke the Galka and take him all the way to the top of the stairs in the hallway u entered in (if the second NIN waits halfway it works best for having fresh shadows on the long run). The RDM will need to sleepga the pets they summon. The 4 "random melee) will engage the Taru and finish him off as well as the BLMs will continue to nuke it to death. Kill the Taru ASAP.

3) The 2 NINs assisted by their BRD will trio the Galka in the halway with minor assistance from the WHM in their party. The THF will begin soloing the Mithra on the middle of the stairs assisted by his WHM. Once the Taru is dead the 4 melee and the BLMs move their focus onto the Mithra. The Mithra and Galka should die about the same time. The RDM and WHM in the PLDs party need to assist them in kiting. Depending on which party you put the THF in keep in mind they also have to watch him.

4) Here is your chance for a quick rest to raise and heal everyone but remember the clock is ticking. You now have 2 fresh NINs to take over where your PLDs may be having trouble. Do not wait for weakness to wear this is why you need RR items.

5) Now start on the Hume and watch out for Mijin Gakure, use Barfira and Fire Carol if you're really worried (stop kiting him while you're fighting him). Keep kiting the Elvaan and keep on eye on whoever is kiting her. Once the Hume is dead start on the Elvaan right away.

6) While fighting the Elvaan don't kite her either but keep in mind she will use Benediction so don't go all out until she does. Once Benediction is off you should be able to finish her off in under a minute.

The Strategy (as per job):

NINs - It is your job to pull the Galka after the BLMs nuke and take him to the top of the stairs where the 2 of you assisted by a BRD will trio him. Meikyo Shisui isn't that bad as long as you keep your shadows up.

BLMs - Make sure all of you either have RDM sub or don't have RDM sub, the timing is that important. Have one BLM pick a time on the clock and all start nuking at the same time. If one is going to use AM2 you all have to use it. Once the Taru is dead move onto the others in order resting for MP when necessary.

WHMs - Not much new here from what you've been doing you're entire career as a WHM. Keep people alive and haste those who need it. Make sure you know which one of you is covering which area and try to keep your MP up best as possible.

RDM - You will need to sleepga the pets once they are summoned and keep them slept throughout the fight. They will d-spawn a couple minutes after their master is dead. Keep the PLDs Refreshed and try your best to hinder the Hume and Elvaan anyway you can.

PLDs - You will be kiting the Hume or Elvaan around the circle. Try your best to stay alive. If you were fortunate enough to get a pair of Crimson Cuisses they'll come in handy here.

BRDs - The one in the NIN party just needs to cast double march and elegy and heal the NINs if necessary. The one in the BLM party needs to keep double ballad up, enfeeble the other mobs and help heal where possible.

THF - You will grab the Mithra and take here halfway up the stairs where you will begin to solo here while everyone else finishes off the Taru. Just hold out until they can get to you.

"Random DDs" - You guys just do what you can to bring the pain. Kill order is Taru > Mithra > Galka (although he may already be dead) > Hume > Elvaan. And for the love of God as this is always a problem... Make sure you stay to one side of the staircase at the start so that you don't unintentionaly get your NINs and THF killed.

What I've noticed happen a lot is that a LS will take its 18 best members in first and they will have no trouble at all with this fight but then you still have to get the earrings for everyone else. Then what happens is you go in with some less than ideal jobs, on people with less than ideal gear, played by people who have less raiding experinece and they get owned. This is a very easy fight for those who are experienced and it's a good place to get experience if you don't have it yet. You really need to work together and everyone has to do their part to win this.

Many of the jobs and strategys I listed can be altered if you don't have the appropriate jobs or for example: One time we killed the Galka with just me on BRD and a NIN. We duoed him instead of having another NIN help, that leaves another job to be available somewhere else. The more "good" players you have the better off you'll be in your weak spots because they have the tendancy of taking care of themselves.

I believe my LS's best time with this set-up is just above 12 minutes. Good luck and if you have any questions I'll try to remember to check back here to answer them.

Edit: Here's a map I drew awhile ago that may help you understand this strategy if you're more of a visual learner. http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b30/FFXISpecialed/DivineMightstrategy.jpg

Edited, Oct 9th 2006 at 5:37pm PDT by XSpecialEdX
Normal Party Strategy
# Oct 09 2006 at 4:32 PM Rating: Decent
Here's a picture I drew for my LS back when we were doing this. It helps if you're more of a visual learner.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b30/FFXISpecialed/DivineMightstrategy.jpg
1/1 First Timer
# Sep 20 2006 at 2:05 AM Rating: Decent
Lack of mage curing, so I went as DRK/WHM and used Divine Seal + Curaga II twice and helped raise (also maxed my axe to 240 on an AA!). I also happened to be on ZM14 anyway, so I got that out of the way as well. I picked Beastly Earring for axe skill since it's my favorite weapon to use.

Edited, Sep 20th 2006 at 6:13am EDT by Yusaku
Undecided
# Sep 17 2006 at 9:20 AM Rating: Decent
Ok I have a strange question that anyone with an earring can answer... I have a friend who isn't sure which earring they want. Ok so here's the question...

If they come along for the fight, can they get their earring later, or do they have to choose it on the spot?

thankyou for any information you can provide ^^
Undecided
# Sep 18 2006 at 7:41 AM Rating: Decent
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You can pick later, but choose wisely. Only get to pick once, no way to repeat it or anything to get a second/replacement.

If your lagging, dont do anything. Walk away from the game. Heard of bad things happening while choosing the earing, and GMs will not reset the quest.
Undecided
# Sep 17 2006 at 9:14 AM Rating: Decent
wow sorry for triple post >.<;

Edited, Sep 20th 2006 at 8:24pm EDT by Tsyrious
wOOt I won!
# Sep 15 2006 at 10:18 PM Rating: Decent
Well after shouting for a few hours I get the correct people and we head out to the Fight. Followed the Allakhazam strategy with just a few tweaks here and there; and everything ran smoothely and I got my Bushinomimi. Here is the kill order as we had it: TT>>>MT>>>MTpet>>>EV>>>GK>>>HM And the fight was over. No need for a Manaburn ^^
Undecided
# Sep 17 2006 at 9:25 AM Rating: Decent
wow sorry for triple post >.<;

Edited, Sep 20th 2006 at 8:25pm EDT by Tsyrious
ORZ
# Aug 28 2006 at 1:03 AM Rating: Decent
Ok, so I got brave and tried the unthinkable. I tossed my beastly earring a week ago, and to this date I have been unable to restart the quest. My only hope at this point is the do the fight again, and pray for the earring choosing CS.
Fun battle
# Aug 16 2006 at 2:55 PM Rating: Decent
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A NIN decked out in evasion (I had 294 skill with double Mambo, capped evasion merits, and +43 evasion from equipment) can straight tank the Hume AA. NIN debuffs stick easily on him and Jubaku flat OWNS him. Proc's very often so it is worth casting. The first time I did this, I tried the kite method but noticed he missed me ALOT (like 80% of the time) so I decided to straight tank him the next battles. Everytime we did it, I had him to around 80% when they told me to bring him to be killed so it helps.


This also helps your BRD and mages because they know where you are. I still have to do this for the rest of my LS so I want to see if I can straight tank the Galka because he seems to be the one that causes the most problems for kiters.


Bottom line in this fight is that if you can kill the TT and MR before you wipe or decide to wipe, you have a VERY good chance of winning. If you are solo tanking, you have to be weary of what is going on around you because if you see your alliance is going to wipe, then you need to proceed to the steps to die so you can RR back up without any problems. RR back up, get TP from sleep pots, and hopefully you still have your Icarus wings and thump the Galka, Hume, and Elvaan. Hella fun battle!

Edited, Aug 16th 2006 at 4:06pm EDT by Ashky
New Earring
# Jul 31 2006 at 1:58 AM Rating: Decent
I've been thinking that any earring besides the supp is not worth my time, although i've already obtained an earring. Does anyone know if you toss your earring, talk to NPC again and redo the fight, can you pick an earring again?
Bushinomimi : O =D
# Jul 15 2006 at 5:36 PM Rating: Decent
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Ok! Finally I got my earring!! Im so happy =D I'm on Pheonix and we had an awesome Leader, Vinny, a 75 SAM.
Anywho =P... I saw in my LS that a PLD friend said he was going to do DM... I was like WTF!! I want in... >.<; so hes like talk to Vinny. Eh i talk to him and they are 15/16 and need a DD... Ding =D thats me.. he let me join! =D
So anyway after getting ths CRUCIAL CS! we gathered together in the BCNM place (forgot name) so Vinny divides us into groups and we spend like 20 mins on a strategy. The groups were basically, a tank/kiter, a rdm, and a healer. then he made a DD group and we established a fighting order. Taru > Mithra > Galka > Hume > Elvaan. oh and btw... we did this legittly... our setup was:
SAMx3 the other 2 subbed WAR i subbed THF
MNKx2
DRK x1
PLDx3
WHMx3
RDMx4
NINx1
BLMx1 YES ONLY 1 BLM!!

so anyway... we buff up, foods protect RR, etc and enter the BCNM... we had 2 Pentaspheres so we were gonna run a "dry" (no 2hours) run first and sculp our strategy some more... lol but guess who was the dumbass of the group that clicked the BCNM thing before the person traded the ark?? ME!! You guessed it =D I clicked on Ark Angels (5) I saw a cool CS and everyone was yelling at me... so i clicked on the run away thing and reentered the Divine might one >.< lol all good... We go in... dont use any 2hours... and get utterly destroyed... we didnt even kill 1.
The taru does a move which is aoe paralyze and petrifie SO USE BAR SPELLS! they helped soo much on second run!
So anyway, we warped out got raised rested and rebuffed then entered. It went soo smoothly. I 2houred the taru and it died in 3 WSes. We went to the mithra and used my other 3 WSes on her and she was dead really quick. We then went after Galka, which took some time because Mithra Gravityd us >.<. Galka loves Spamming Tachi: Kasha and our PLD tanked so he got some dmg taken >.<. Hume went down next, no problems.. then it was only us and Elvaan.. We decided to all die on stairs and RR and rest and fight 18v1 we had about 8 mins when everyone was unweakened and we had 3 PLDs left with their 2hour SCORE! the mnks still had their 2hours too!! So what we did was the mnks stood behind the plds and 2houred. the plds 2houred and covered them. I stood behind and did a SA WS when i could. It ended pretty quick and we were all ecstatic! We ran to the " " again and claimed our rewards, we even took some group shots =D. Thank you again Vinny =D

Edited, Jul 15th 2006 at 6:45pm EDT by ddrmidgetid

Edited, Jul 15th 2006 at 6:49pm EDT by ddrmidgetid
CS from Shrine of Ru'Avitau
# Jul 10 2006 at 12:24 AM Rating: Decent
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To anyone who attempts this:

FOR THE LOVE!!!! GET THE CS FROM THE SHRINE OF RU'AVITAU FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you don't get the CS, you can't get an earring. I found this out first hand tonight and I feel like an @#%^ for it. I wasted about 200k on materials and about 8 hrs of my life. I tried it last weekend and lost twice >.>;

You "shouldn't" be able to go into the DM BCNM fight without the CS, but it lets you go right in.

So, learn from my stupid *** mistake and get the CS first. If you don't, you'll regret it.

**edit**

The CS is the Ark Pentasphere CS.

**edit**


/emo on

I'll probably never have another chance at DM again, which really sucks, but oh well.

/emo off



Edited, Jul 10th 2006 at 1:32am EDT by DomRng
CS glitch
# Jun 16 2006 at 7:00 PM Rating: Decent
40 posts
just FYI for anyone interested in trying this the same way people do PM 2-5, you can no longer stay in the CS permanently thank you members of valefor for contributing to the biggest waste of an hour of my life, plz rate down
easy and fun
# May 30 2006 at 7:32 AM Rating: Decent
The way my pt did it, was pretty funny cuz we were actually supose to wipe once, it was part of the plan.
Out of the BC, mellees TP (opo-opo + sleeping potions, meditating, w/e), everyone RR, then we got in.

Normal strategy, 2 PLDs assigned to kite HM and EV, anyone with : ni taunted MR, ALL mages nuked to death GK while ALL mellees (cept the 2 kiters) killed TT. Once GK and TT were dead we all gathered at stairs for wipe. No wasting time here, trying to cast any kind of protection spell or ability. Fight, but die fast.

After that it was all fun and easy. Once the 3 remaining AAs gathered at center, we all RRed, put RR up again, meditate, opo-opo + sleep potions again (you have weakened time to do that).

Once everyone is up, with TP, is time to get rdy for round 2. Might wanna make clear that if you did all this, you won already. Your battle now is actually against time.

PLDs kite EV and HM again, Mellees gang up on MR, mages nuke her. After MR, get her pet. After pet, comes dangerous part, the exloding HM. That part would have been hard if mages weren't full of MP. We manaburned him to death. then it's EV, just keep that brutality and have mages rdy to nuke when she invincible.

Won easily, and it was crazy fun...

The hardest part of this quest (i did attempted about 7 times b4, but with different strategy) was to choose between Supanomimi and Bushinomimi. I'm sam75, blm73, ~a few other jobs in between~ then war44, lvling it currently.
While ppl told me Suppa for war/nin, because of sam i chose Bushi. I hope that +2 STR helps me enough with war to make the choice worth it. Any words about it? Bushi for war/nin?

Edited, Tue May 30 08:44:31 2006
Ark angels go down!
# May 15 2006 at 5:25 PM Rating: Decent
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Just got the privilage of taking these guys down with a full alliance doing RR. A lot harder than manaburnin it, but way funner. Took two runs though.

First run we go in. Tanks use Opo Opo Necklace and sleeping potions for TP. A PLD and WHM kited HM while I, a RDM/NIN kite EV. My kiting of EV went terrible because I tried to pull with gravity, but it got absorbed by blink. I used powder boots for flee and ran to the back of the hall. Tried to gravity it again, again got absobed by Blink, it used Vorpal Blade taking out my Shadows, Stoneskin, and killing me. Two NIN tanked the GK. But alliance were able to kill TT and MR before the first wipe. So we RR, and do the same thing once they are dead with alliance going after GK then EV. Wiped again right as EV dies. We RR again and go all out on Hume. Got him down to 50% but ran out of time.

So we go again, this time changing things a bit. We started out with the same strategy. This time when I tanked EV, I hit it with Diaga first to take out its blink, then landed Gravity. From there I just ran back and forth across the hall and she was barely able to touch me through my shadows. HM and GK were handled the same way as before. TT and MR go down, first wipe. We RR. This time, Alliance goes after EV before GK, while I kited the HM. Cross Reaver and his Duel Wield killed by Shadows and Stoneskin, but I was able to land gravity before death buying the alliance some time. They are able to take out EV and GK before HM gets back. With just HM left, entrie alliance dog piles him. He hits about 50%, Mijinn Gakure, killed 90% of the alliance. But a few people were left alive, so VICTORY!

All in all, was a lot of fun. With the RR Gorget I lost about 3k from deaths, but worth it go get ZM14 done AND get my Suppanomimi. And way more exciting that throwing BLMs at it. The final winning order for us was TT-MR-GK-EV-HM. Good luck!

Edited, Mon May 15 18:26:02 2006
????
# Apr 13 2006 at 6:14 PM Rating: Decent
So then on this fight do u have to fight all of the AA at one time or is it seperate like zm14?
RE: ????
# Apr 16 2006 at 3:56 PM Rating: Decent
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87 posts
All of the AA's at once
Who needs BLMs?
# Apr 10 2006 at 9:04 AM Rating: Decent
Just did this twice tonight as a joint HNMLS venture.

We did it with -O-N-E- BLM.

We all died maybe twice each

We all had 398603969346803967363760463 times more fun than cheesing the hell outta this quest/mission by throwing 15+ BLMs at this.
Obtaining Pentasphere
# Apr 07 2006 at 1:24 PM Rating: Decent
For those having problems getting the Pentasphere. I went with a few people last night to get it. One person got at 90% full. He went ahead of us claimed it had to be darks day in order to get it. That is not the case. The rest of us went at 98 %-100% full just because thats how it worked out.

The 0:00-3:00 hours seems correct in the write up. at exactly midnight the sky cleared and the fountain bubbled. It then glassed over and you could see the stars in the sky in the reflection.

I had someone with me who didn't get the Cutscene before hand so we had to do it again. So we got the CS waited the hour and the exact same thing happened. 0:00-3:00 the next day the water bubbled filled up and glassed over.

ROFL!
# Apr 04 2006 at 1:34 AM Rating: Good
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7,466 posts
So my LS just did 4 runs of this tonight, wiped the first time (TT got off a few agas at start...) and won the rest. Got like the whole LS earrings.

One of the funniest things happened though.

We were down to the last AA, the EV. Well she is spamming Shield Bash (or whatever) and running all over the place smacking people.

Now, enter one brave paladin. He says on TS "I got her, voking her now" (in more colorfull tones and not exact wording) well he got her all right... for about 1 second.

First thing she did when she turned was Spirit's Within on him for like 2700 ish (which wasn't the high for the night, hit someone else in another run for 2991) killing him one shot. Needless to say everyone on TS was cracking up.
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